General motors vehicle. This badly designed combination of metal and plastic has ruined so many lives now. The process of putting a dollar value on a human life begins. Today is the first day victims of families can submit applications for payment. Joining me now kenneth feinberg, running the gm Victims Compensation fund. Today is your first day accepting claims. Plaintiffs attorneys expect several claims to be made today. How many claims will you get . You never know, sheer speculation as to how many lawyers and claimants have the time today, the first day that the claim forms are available to fill them out and send them into me. What we do know based on history, 9 11, bp, we get a spike of claims in the first month of the program, and then another spike probably in december. The last month of the program. So well have to wait and see what comes in the door. Gerri certainly, gm itself set aside 400 million for the purpose of compensating victims, thats what they said publicly. What do
Gharib. Today we learned the economy created 209,000 jobs in july, the sixth straight month of 200,000 jobs or more and that hasnt happened since 1997. The number was still below expectations and the Unemployment Rate ticked up to 6. 2 . That disappointment actually alleviated a worry, that the Federal Reserve may be forced to move faster on rates than previously thought. Eamon javers looks inside the report and what it means for the economy and job hunters. Reporter today marked the sixth month of 200,000 plus jobs growth in the United States and we havent seen a month of job declines since 2010. Thats creating opportunity across the economy. The government said today employment and leisure and hospitality headed 375,000 jobs so far this year, primarily in Food Services and drinking places. And here in maryland, the state is cashing in on casino jobs. The number of workers is expected to triple to just over 9,000 jobs in the next two years. Mgm resort is building a billiondollar casin
Gharib. Today we learned the economy created 209,000 jobs in july, the sixth straight month of 200,000 jobs or more and that hasnt happened since 1997. The number was still below expectations and the Unemployment Rate ticked up to 6. 2 . That disappointment actually alleviated a worry, that the Federal Reserve may be forced to move faster on rates than previously thought. Eamon javers looks inside the report and what it means for the economy and job hunters. Reporter today marked the sixth month of 200,000 plus jobs growth in the United States and we havent seen a month of job declines since 2010. Thats creating opportunity across the economy. The government said today employment and leisure and hospitality headed 375,000 jobs so far this year, primarily in Food Services and drinking places. And here in maryland, the state is cashing in on casino jobs. The number of workers is expected to triple to just over 9,000 jobs in the next two years. Mgm resort is building a billiondollar casin
Gharib. Today we learned the economy created 209,000 jobs in july, the sixth straight month of 200,000 jobs or more and that hasnt happened since 1997. The number was still below expectations and the Unemployment Rate ticked up to 6. 2 . That disappointment actually alleviated a worry, that the Federal Reserve may be forced to move faster on rates than previously thought. Eamon javers looks inside the report and what it means for the economy and job hunters. Reporter today marked the sixth month of 200,000 plus jobs growth in the United States and we havent seen a month of job declines since 2010. Thats creating opportunity across the economy. The government said today employment and leisure and hospitality headed 375,000 jobs so far this year, primarily in Food Services and drinking places. And here in maryland, the state is cashing in on casino jobs. The number of workers is expected to triple to just over 9,000 jobs in the next two years. Mgm resort is building a billiondollar casin
Created 209,000 jobs in july, the sixth straight month of 200,000 jobs or more and that hasnt happened since 1997. The number was still below expectations and the Unemployment Rate ticked up to 6. 2 . That disappointment actually alleviated a worry, that the Federal Reserve may be forced to move faster on rates than previously thought. Eamon javers looks inside the report and what it means for the economy and job hunters. Reporter today marked the sixth month of 200,000 plus jobs growth in the United States and we havent seen a month of job declines since 2010. Thats creating opportunity across the economy. The government said today employment and leisure and hospitality headed 375,000 jobs so far this year, primarily in Food Services and drinking places. And here in maryland, the state is cashing in on casino jobs. The number of workers is expected to triple to just over 9,000 jobs in the next two years. Mgm resort is building a billiondollar casino southeast of washington dc. The doo